Designing for Damage Tolerant Composite Repairs

Abstract

This paper presents a design methodology, and the associated data base, for the damage tolerant design of adhesively bonded repairs. This methodology is illustrated by considering repairs to an edge cracked panel and to multi-site damage in a fuselage lap joint.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA260094

Entities

People

  • D. Rees
  • P. Chalkley
  • R. Jason Jones
  • W. K. Chiu

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Bonded Joints
  • Composite Materials
  • Damage Tolerance
  • Epoxy Laminates
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Fuselages
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Shear Modulus
  • Shear Stresses
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stresses
  • Structural Components
  • Transport Aircraft

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.